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. 2021 Jun 21;9(6):776.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare9060776.

Work Fatigue in a Hospital Setting: The Experience at Cheng Hsin General Hospital

Tao-Hsin Tung  1 , Ming-Chon Hsiung  2
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Work Fatigue in a Hospital Setting: The Experience at Cheng Hsin General Hospital

Tao-Hsin Tung et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

We aimed to investigate fatigue and its related factors in a medical professional population aged ≥30 years, as appraised by the implementation of an employee health screening program at Cheng Hsin General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. The study participants included a total of 2132 (400 males and 1732 females) healthy medical professionals enrolled in a teaching hospital who underwent physical verification in 2019. Demographic characteristics and fatigue information were collected. The overall prevalence of personal- and work-related fatigue in this study population was 41.4% and 39.1%, respectively. The prevalence of a high risk of work- or personal-related fatigue proved to be substantially greater (p-value for chi-square test <0.0001) than it was for a low or moderate risk of personal-related fatigue. Using multinominal logistic regression analysis, seniority and position were statistically significant in relation to a high risk of personal- and work-related fatigue. Personal- and work-related fatigue were found to be prevalent in physicians and nurses. Lower seniority was also related to severe personal- or work-related fatigue. Providing this population with controlled working environments and health improvements is important.

Keywords: fatigue; hospital setting; medical staff.

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We certify that all the affiliations with or financial involvement in, within the past five years and foreseeable future, any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript are completely disclosed (e.g., employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, and royalties).

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The association between personal-related fatigue and working-related fatigue among the study population (n = 2132).
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